Hey guys, so this is the last chapter of the story. This story took a lot longer than I thought and didn't went the way I first planned, But I think it turned out okay. I wanted to do something unusual, taking the characters and show them in a way you have not quite seen them before. And I hope you liked it.

I want to thank everyone who commented, faved or followed this story and of course everyone who read it. It makes me really happy to see that some people enjoy my writing and like my stories.

And of course a big thanks to my amazing beta musicalfreak22, who motivated me to writing again sometimes and always kept my spirit up with telling me my chapters were good.

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Chapter 12: Even more than I've been looking for

The next day, everyone was sitting in the Misthaven Castle at the dining table. Regina and Snow had spent the morning telling everyone what had led to Emma being given away.

"I am so happy we found each other, Emma. Believe me, if I had known you had been unhappy, I would have taken you back right away." Snow assured her daughter as they sat together. Emma happily took her mother's hand. She had been mad at her at first, but after the explanation, she decided to just focus on being happy with her parents.

"If I had told you where she was, you would have taken her back right away." Regina cut in, teasing.

Snow chuckled. "You're right. But it was for everyone's safety you did that. So thank you, Regina, for everything you have done for me. For us. You've always only wanted the best for me, and I love you for that."

Regina was embarrassed by so much affection, so she went back to teasing her sister for flirting around with Graham. August and Lily had taken off that morning, as August was now the King and had to take over his late uncle's kingdom and fix it. Snow had no doubt he would get the kingdom back to being great and full of happy and loyal people in no time.

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David had no desire to return to that kingdom. He had sent a message to his mother telling her he was safe and staying away for some time. He was too mad at her for keeping him away from his true love. If his anger had faded, he would have visited her and talked it out. But for now, he was enjoying being around the women he loved most. Getting to know everything about his daughter was his favorite past time. Well, except for making out with her mother, of course.

Later that day, he sat together with Killian. "I can't thank you enough for helping my daughter and bringing her to me. If it hadn't been for you, I might have never met her. King George would have found her and…" But he was interrupted by Killian, who couldn't bear that thought.

"But she is with you now. She has everything she ever dreamed of. And I'm happy for it. I apologize for being so rude when we first met. I didn't know in what way you loved her and assumed you loved her in the same way I did." David just chuckled and patted Killian's back.

"Can't blame you. I didn't know what it was either, at that time. And it was only a sign you would protect her with all you have, which you did."

Killian gave him an absent minded smile.

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"You really shouldn't nurse me." Liam complained when Elsa sat down with a bowl of soup next to him. True love's kiss might have saved him, but Jafar's magic had been so strong Victor had ordered a few days of bed rest to Liam.

Elsa only chuckled. "You'll have to get used to that, Liam. Because I'm not going anywhere, ever. You're stuck with me."

Liam didn't look so playful anymore. "Elsa, I love you and I know you love me. But this can't be. I'm not worthy of you." But his serious, and heartbroken, look didn't impress her.

"You realize my brother-in-law used to be an ice deliverer? I think a Captain of the Royal Navy doesn't have to look ashamed next to that. And the most important thing you should care about is that I love you. And I choose you. You don't want to disobey your Queen, do you?"

Now the playful smile was back on his face. He put the bowl aside and wrapped his arms around Elsa. "As my Queen commands." Then he kissed her deeply, not noticing his brother coming in through the door and quickly stumbling out again.

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In the evening, Snow, David and Emma sat together with Regina in the hall. Snow's maid Belle had brought out an old looking book, holding the laws of the kingdom.

"What is that for?" Snow asked in confusion. David nodded in agreement while stroking Snow's hand he was holding.

"Well, my purpose to bring Emma back was originally to make sure you, Snow, didn't have to marry someone and produce an heir." Regina explained while searching for something in the book.

Emma looked at her mother in confusion. Regina couldn't mean what Emma was thinking she did. She was only a common girl. Maybe she was the daughter of the Queen, but that didn't make her a princess. Or did it?

"Right now, Emma is illegitimate. But I found a way to make her the heiress." Regina went on. "It is simple, really. All it takes for Emma to be legitimate is for her parents to get married."

Snow and David laughed at that. "Well, there is no way to keep me from marrying her. I'm never gonna let this woman go again." David declared passionately.

"Only one problem, mister. You can't propose to a queen. She has to propose to you." Snow teased him.

"Now I know what has held this Jones boy back all this time," David joked.

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Regina gave the book back to Belle. Everything had turned out alright in the end and now she had a wedding to plan. Snow had only given her a week to do so, but she had no doubt she could easily do that. She was so happy everything had turned out so perfectly for Snow. She truly deserved that.

"Now that everything is solved, does that mean we can start our life together?" Regina smiled as she heard Robin's voice behind her. For the first time in years, she felt so happy and knew she deserved to be that happy. And she didn't mind showing it to everyone around her.

"Well, unfortunately I have a royal wedding to plan. But you are welcome to help me. I'm sure the Queen won't need your services tonight. And maybe after that you can take me out for a late night picnic in the gardens." Regina suggested.

"I couldn't think of anything better. Well, I could think of quite a few things better, but they all involve you." Robin gave back. He didn't get a chance to say anything more as Regina was already kissing him senseless.

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"I can't believe I'm so happy. I have you and our daughter back. And in a few days, I'll finally marry you," Snow said between kisses. David didn't have the nerve to wait until Belle had undressed Snow, so the maid had been sent away. David was ripping down her dress, but Snow couldn't care less. In fact, she enjoyed how this man was so desperate for her after all those years. Just as desperate as she was for him.

"You'd better believe it. Because I'm not going anywhere. And I also don't intend for Emma to be an only child." He said with a smirk as he pushed the torn dress down Snow's body.

"Oh right, she won't. That's why I told Regina to be fast with the wedding preparations. Because I couldn't hold back for anything in the world. Good thing I told Belle not to wake us tomorrow, because I intend to keep you up all night long." Snow claimed when she tore David's shirt off.

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Emma was really thrilled at the prospect of her parents getting married, but not so much of the prospect of being a princess. And as the law of this kingdom lay, she was Crown Princess, the next Queen of Misthaven, even if her parents had a son one day.

She wandered around the gardens of the palace, her new home, running into the person she wanted to see more than anyone else in the world.

Killian was sitting on a bench, lost in his thoughts. He didn't notice her until she was sitting down next to him. She laid her head down to his shoulder and sighed in comfort.

"I never understood why Liam didn't tell Queen Elsa about his feelings. I never understood why he wouldn't see himself worthy to marry her. Now I do." Killian whispered in a sad voice.

Emma's head shot up. "Why would you say that? Nothing has changed between us!" Emma said desperately, well aware that was not really the case.

"Emma, you will be Queen one day and I…" But she didn't let him swim in his self-pity. Instead she looked at him with determination in her eyes.

"You listen to me, Killian Jones. I love you with all my heart. And if me being a princess and future queen of this kingdom means you won't be with me, then I will give it all away. I'll tell my parents they'll have to produce a new heir. Something I'm very sure they are working on as we speak. This title means nothing to me. You loved me before I knew all this. You loved me the moment you first saw me. And I, you. My parents let something come between their true love and I'm not making that same mistake. I'm not asking you to marry me right away, but I want to spend my life with you. I want to see the world with you. I thought I always knew what I've been looking for, but I didn't until I met you."

Killian let Emma happily wrap her arms around him. "So what is it going to be, Killian?"

"I'm sure you will be an amazing queen one day. And if my brother can marry a queen, so can I. One day in the future. Besides, there are a lot of people getting married before we do."

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~5 years later~

"I didn't think they would ever get married," Snow said from the table, caressing her rounded stomach.

"Please, it was only a matter of time," Regina exclaimed from next to her.

"I hadn't even noticed there had ever been a spark between them," Liam said, drinking a sip of wine.

"Please, brother, you never see what's obvious," Killian teased his older brother beside him.

They all looked over at the happy couple dancing, Ruby and Victor.

It was the last wedding of many.

Snow and David had been the first to get married. It only seemed fair, given they had been waiting the longest for this. Their wedding had been a really small event. Only their closest friends had joined them as they made the vows they had been waiting to say for over eighteen years.

And only eight months and three weeks later, they had welcomed their son Neal. A year and a half after him, their second daughter Eva was born. And currently, Snow was pregnant again with twins, as the doctor claimed.

The next wedding that had happened about half a year after the first wedding, was a true royal wedding. Arendelle's Queen Elsa was marrying Captain Liam Jones. His best man and brother had teased him all day long, claiming he had swallowed fireflies as his smile was blinding everyone with its brightness.

Liam's smile had been even brighter when Liam and Elsa had welcomed their daughter Madeline two and a half years later. That day, Killian in fact didn't mock his brother, as he was too excited to meet his niece.

Robin and Regina were the next to get married after that, naturally. It had been a small affair in the Royal Gardens of the Misthaven palace. The only one more excited than the bride and groom had been the son of the groom, little Roland. He was overjoyed to have Regina join his family and be his new mother. And Regina not being called 'Dowager Queen' any longer was just the final piece to send Regina over the top from happiness.

As the two of them thought it was impossible for Regina to get pregnant, soon after their wedding, they adopted an orphan boy two years older than Roland, Henry. Their life was perfect together as a family until one day, they discovered Regina was pregnant. They had been afraid by their sons' reactions, but they were both overjoyed to welcome another sibling. So in addition to their two wonderful boys, they now had a little baby girl named Josephine.

And after August and Lily, Aurora and her true love, prince Philip, and Zelena and Graham's weddings, it had finally been Emma and Killian's day.

Right after Liam and Elsa's wedding, the Jones brothers had to part. It was quite hard for them to be apart from each other as they had been together all their lives, but they both wanted to be with the women they loved. And as Emma and Elsa both had magic, the two couples communicated very often when they were not visiting each other.

It had not been easy for Emma to suddenly be a princess, but with her parents' help, and Killian's of course, she settled in quite quickly. And her favorite duty was to visit other places. She loved seeing the world and the best part was that she was sharing it with Killian.

The two of them had been in no rush to get married. Regina had often warned them, she didn't want another illegitimate child in the royal family. But that had not been a problem for them, much to David's delight.

When Emma turned 21, they had officially become engaged. Their wedding had been the event the whole kingdom had waited for, a real royal wedding. Regina had used all of her organization skills to make sure this wedding would never be forgotten. The whole kingdom had been overjoyed when they welcomed their first child, Princess Dawn.

And Dawn would certainly not be the last child the two of them would have. That thought made Killian smile as he watched Emma on the dancefloor swaying with their little girl in her arms.

He went up to them. Dawn sent a euphoric 'dada' his way and reached out her little arms for him. Emma chuckled as she gave over the dark haired, green eyed girl to her husband.

She laid her head on his shoulder, putting her arms around her husband and daughter. Then after a moment, she laughed.

"You know, I'm so happy I freed you from that net that day," she said, looking at him lovingly, and being even happier he was sending that look right back to her.

"Because doing that got me everything what I've been looking for. And more."

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So, that's it. I hope you liked it and feel like everything is concluded. I'm thinking about writing a oneshot prequel about Elsa and Liam (and Killian), but not for some time.

If you liked this story, check out my other stories too. I'm going to get back to my oneshot collections now (if not another idea for a longer story comes to me ;) )

Thanks for reading :)